Soundclash
Soundclash | ||||
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Released | 20 February 1990 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1989 | |||
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Length | 55:09 | |||
Label | Mute | |||
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Renegade Soundwave chronology | ||||
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Singles from Soundclash | ||||
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Soundclash is the debut album by English
The album was promoted by three singles, including the
Background and production
Formed by multi-instrumentalists Gary Asquith, Danny Briottet (both formerly of
Following the release of the similarly notorious "Cocaine Sex," which was released in a cocaine envelope, Renegade Soundwave switched labels to
Composition
Soundclash blends together different styles of
"Blue Eyed Boy" features a sample later re-used by
Release
Released on 20 February 1990,
Critical reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music | [4] |
In a contemporary review,
Among retrospective reviews, John Bush of
Legacy
In 1994, Larry Flick of Billboard described Soundclash as innovative for breaking musical barriers, and noted its influence and inspiration on "so many artists and producers." He continued: "A quick stomp through almost any current rave or trance program will turn up a slew of direct descendants of 'Biting My Nails', 'Women Respond to Bass,' and 'Probably a Robbery'."[18] Iai felt the album was influential on big beat, with The Chemical Brothers naming Renegade Soundwave as their main influence and Fatboy Slim also borrowing from the album. They also identified house act Leftfield as being influenced by the album, while crediting the album's "nasal, boozy, quasi-Madchester rapping" as a large influence on EMF and Stereo MCs.[6] In 1999, Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger ranked "Probably a Robbery" at number 60 in his list of the "Top 100 Singles of the 1990s."[19] In the accompanying write-up, he wrote that Renegade Soundwave were "well ahead of their time, and not just musically. Their tough electro-dub experiments get some credit now for helping to spread the breakbeat virus through British dance music, but their crim-glam stance now seems just as prophetic."[12] He added of the song:
""Probably A Robbery"'s rueful-vengeful jailbird narrative is as sharp as you’d expect but it also catches the thick, black humour that runs through a lot of British crime narratives – just as that title indicates, it’s as much a comedy record as a dance one. It’s also, while completely atypical, RSW’s best commercial shot, with a chantalong chorus and keystone-cops brass hook to sugar the swaggering, brittle beats and background string lurches. It hit the Top 40 at the low end in 1990 and stood out a mile, totally out of step with the times. Now its rolling, easy arrogance sums up this cocksure decade as certainly as anything else you could mention."[12]
In comparing Soundclash to the music of the Clash, writer Chris Knowles described Soundclash as a "landmark album" and felt it was "squarely in the mold of a tightly focused Sandinista!," similarly to Meat Beat Manifesto's Satyricon (1992).[20] Renegade Soundwave followed Soundclash with a "stripped back dub" remix album entitled In Dub (1990), which contained remixes of several songs from the former album, including "Pocket Porn", "Traitor" and "Blue Eyed Boy."[10] In a 2006 interview, Asquith named both Soundclash and In Dub as the albums of which he is most proud of, and expressed an interest in remixing Soundclash with Briottet.[13]
Track listing
All songs written by Renegade Soundwave except where noted.
- "Blue Eyed Boy" – 4:30
- "Lucky Luke" – 3:52
- "On TV" – 2:26
- "Probably a Robbery" – 4:09
- "Traitor" – 3:55
- "Space Gladiator" – 4:36
- "Murder Music" – 2:35
- "Biting My Nails" (Renegade Soundwave, Geneviève Waïte) – 3:54
- "Pocket Porn" – 3:45
- "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 4:32
- "Biting My Nails" (Instrumental) – 5:22
CD bonus tracks
- "The Phantom" – 4:47
- "Ozone Breakdown" – 6:46
Personnel
- Renegade Soundwave – production, writing
- Flood– production
- Paul Kendall – engineer
References
- ^ a b "Releases". InMusic. 1 (2–5): 20. 1990. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0851127886.
- ^ a b c d "Artist Biography by John Bush". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ ISBN 9780753504277.
- ^ a b c d Soundclash (liner). Renegade Soundwave. Mute. 1990.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h "Renegade Soundwave - Soundclash". Sputnikmusic. 27 March 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Bush, John. "AllMusic Review by John Bush". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Fletcher, Tony. "Renegade Soundwave". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kot, Greg (3 May 1990). "Renegade Soundwave Soundclash". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d Briottet, Danny (30 March 2015). "Classic Album: Renegade Soundwave In Dub". Music Radar. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Reviews". Option (30–35). Sonic Options Network: 31. 1990.
- ^ a b c Ewing, Tom (6 October 1999). "60. Renegade Soundwave - "Probably a Robbery"". Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b Jones, Todd E. (April 2006). "Riding Mikes Bikes With Gary Asquith Of The Lavender Pill Mob". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Renegade Soundwave: Soundclash". CD Review. 7 (1–6): 63. 1990.
- ^ a b c d e "Renegade Soundwave". UK Charts. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Higginbotham, Adam (November 1990). "Dub Zone Breakdown". Select: 106. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Flick, Larry (11 June 1994). "Dance Trax". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 24. p. 26. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ Ewing, Tom (31 December 1999). "Tom Ewing's Top 100 Singles Of The 90s". Freaky Trigger. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ISBN 1589611381. Retrieved 9 October 2018.